Mail-pouch.



' o. 867,501. PATBNTED OGT. 1, 1907,.

Y J. B. HARRIS.

MAIL POUCH. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10, 1905- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

' Witmmeq No..867,5 01 5 PATENTED OCT. 1, 1907.

J. B. HARRIS. MAIL POUCH.

' 'APPLIUATIONTILED AUG. 10, 1905.

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3 UNITED STATES PATENT orrronr I 1 JOHN HARRIS, OF DANVILLE, VERMONT.

To al l whom may concern;

Be it known that I, J OHN E. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the copnty 0i Caleddni'afState of Vermont, have invented certain new and -useful Improvements in Mail-Pouches; and I do hereby deelare the following to be a'full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others s'killed in-the art to which it appertains to make aud use the same. i i

This invention relates'to mail pouches.

Oneobject of the invention is to provide a mail pouch particularly adapted} for use by rural mail carriers; I p

With this and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of partsas will be hereinafter more fully described,

is its unfolded position illustrating the "interior thereof and also illustrating mail held between the straps of the material: Fig: 2 is a' transverse sectional view of thefolded pouch on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pouch in'its folded position.

In the accompanying drawings, the reference character l designates a shee t of leather, rubber or other suitable weather prooi material having oneend douintegralpart-of'the bodyportionof said-material, and 2 of less width tha the latt'n -the jends of the margins extendinglaterally'inthe plane of the inner open edge oi'the pocket, .being turned inward and seamed for reinforcing purposes, as indicated by the reference char-- acters 4 and 5.

Secured iii spaced relation from one end of the mate'- I rial lto the open end of the pocket 3 and midwayoi the side edges of the material 1 is a series of strapsfi, the ends of each strap 6 being freeof engagement with the material 1 and one endof eaehstrap being provided with a buckle 7 for engagement in the perforations 8 of the opposite end of the strap for binding separatesets to be first delivered is secured by the strap adjacent the open ehd-of-the pocket 3-and so on toward the opposite end of the material l'according to the deliveries to be made In other words, the mail to be delivered Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filedv August 10,1906. Serial'No- 273,580.

MAIL POUCH. j

Patented octl 1,1907.

to the second 'place is secured in the strap adjacentthe first strap and toward and in the direction stated and so on according to the number of places at which mail will be understood that .these, straps may be used solely for-the purpose oi securing papers, magazines, etc in the carrier or for the purpose of securing papers, magazines and letters and thatth-e pocket 3 may be employed solely for packages orletters or papers as may a be preferred. At any rate after the" mail has been .assorted by the carrier according to the manner in which he has to or prefers to deliver the sa1ne, the side edgesof the material 1 itIUiOldOCl over the inail held by-the strap 6 and the end of the material lopposite to the end to which the pocket is secured is-foldedjinseparate laps between the respective straps toward the pocket 3. The last lapwill then fall adjacent or near the open end of the pocket 3 when thepocket may be folded in a direction opposite to the folding of the material 1 and over the latter and the material and pocket secured in the manner stated by means of a suitable strap 9 secured to the material 1 in advance of the open 7 end of the pocket 3 with both of its ends free of the material andthe pocket The inner end of the strap 9 is provided with a buckle 10 for engagement with the opposite end of the said strap, in a manner well under-- stood. 1

tents'of the pocket B'being always at, the ,top of the packages maybe delivered at the time the mail it ac-' companies for a person according to -the arrangement I of the mail within said straps and that when the mail ltalkclnffiom t first'str'ap adjacent theopn end of the puelfiet a, the otherqmailis not. exposed-to the,

weather, and so on according to the distribution of i mail along the route of the carrier/'- It will beseen' tha-t'my invention is o'fan exceedingly simple nature and that the' carrier embodies among many other characteristics the feature Offbeing-notbulksome but on thecontrary ioldable in such manner What is claimed is:

An article of manufacture consisting of a mail-pouch, compristngn sheet of material having a pocket formed at as to be conveniently transported from place to pureeby the carrier.

.one end from in integral part of the body portion ofsaid material. said pocket being narrower than the body of the material and having its opening at the inner edge where it joins the body portion. substantially in alinement with the ends of the extended marginsof the said body divers pnrvel-lmlding straps SOClllGd in spa Jed relationship 1 to the inner face of the material, in nlinenlent midway of its side edg'os, the innenfnce ofthe body portion including its margins living otherwise free and unincumbered, the said 

